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Notes about Corner Fed Room Clearing

Room clearing is always a topic that is debated and discussed hotly. There is no one correct way to do it - there are many different ways. Some units prefer one method while another unit may prefer another. Additionally, as with most tactics, one method may be superior over another method to a given situation.

Notes about the FBCB2 Project

Here is some information I dug up. Just preliminary information.

Mounts can be had from for relatively decent prices: http://www.ram-mount.com
Some items of note:
RAM UNIVERSAL LAPTOP MOUNT TOUGH TRAY II: http://www.ram-mount.com/CatalogResults/PartDetails/tabid/63/partid/0820...
RAM MOUNT W/2 RAM-B-202 BASES (We use these in our HMMWVs and MRAPs to mount the FBCB2 monitor): http://www.ram-mount.com/CatalogResults/PartDetails/tabid/63/partid/0820...

FBCB2 for personal use

I've been working a lot lately on the FBCB2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBCB2) in our vehicles and I've been thinking about how easy it would be to build a system like that for use in my vehicle back home.

From what I can say without research, it would require:

Laptop computer (tablet with touch screen preferred)
DC to AC converter (~300 watts total output)
Mount for the laptop (preferably with a swivel arm)
GPS receiver
Mobile internet connection (cell-based preferably)
Connection to car stereo system OR headset with microphone

It would provide:
GPS-based navigation

Preparing for patrols

A player on AirsoftNJ asked me the following:

I've read the manual and the section in the ranger handbook on it and it is good in principle, but far off from our use. Like what you should carry, what your goals are on said patrol, radio SOP, engagement SOP, generalized loadout for the mission, fail safes, avoiding detection. All things along those lines that are never really outlined.

MEDEVAC and casualty Tidbits

MEDEVACs are a huge lifesaver on the battlefield. Here in Iraq we constantly train on the proper use of MEDEVACs in order to increase our battlefield effectiveness and save lives. Being able to react to a downed team or squad member is a huge thing. I find that a lot of MilSim groups do not practice enough on react to a downed team member. A lot of groups practice in the sense that they will not suffer casualties during engagements.

Lack of Updates

It's been a while and I really hate making these entries but it has to be done.

As most people know... I'm in the US Army. I play the role of the infantryman - the entire reason the US Army exists is to support the mission of the infantry. We are the country's strength in war and her deterrent in peace. The enemy that know us fear us.

That being said, I'm also deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. We are pretty busy here, myself especially as I like to keep busy. It makes time go faster here and more stuff gets done.

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